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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Criminal Elements . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tonomosanti (TMS) 24
Designers Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Chatt 25
Table
Tern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Urban Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Gerana 25
Dsaki 27
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Smaller Cities 29
Hriss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Pronouns 4
Verbs 5
Adjectives/Adverbs 5 Geran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
of
Vocabulary 5
Government of Geran . . . . . . . 32
Kespos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ecology of Geran . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cont ents
Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sallo Birds 33
The Grou-Lynn Empire 8 Frann Hunters 34
Reunification Party 9 Continental Shelf Fungi 34
Separatists Party 9 Spore Clouds 34
The J’rrahl Society 9 Spore Pits 35
Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Industry of Geran. . . . . . . . . . 35
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Raiders of Geran . . . . . . . . . . 36
Slavery on Geran 36
Urban Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gerana 11 Cities of Geran. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dsaki 14 Mretos 37
Smaller Cities 17 Oroo 38
Yrow 38
Farming Station 39
Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Missions on Geran. . . . . . . . . . 39
Galatria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mining Accident? 39
Big Trouble in Yrow 40
Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lost Treasure! 40
Imperial Governor 20
Imperial Ministries 20
Tamos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
League of Free Gas Miners 21
Unification Party 21
Imperialist Party 22 Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Rrohl Sha (Secret Police) 22
Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 New Construction 45
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Ecology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Credits
Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Written By: William Corrie III
Trarrahl, The Honorable Wind 47
Imperial Marine 47 Edited By: Linda Corrie
Terrock, Imperial Police 47
Gas Miner 47 Cover By: William Corrie III
C o nt e nt s
Hunter 47
Mrerr (MER-err) (Imperial Ranger) 47 Interior Art By: Jesus Esteban Carmona
Palynologist 47
Javier Esteban Carmona
Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Cartography by: William Corrie III
Foes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Spore Clouds of Geran 48 Graphic Design By: William Corrie III
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mining Drone 48 D e s i g n e r’ s N o t e s
Trari Staff 48 Tern Planetary System Guide has had the
o f
Frran Spores 48
setting information deliberatly separated from
the rules content. The goal was to make it
Psi Disciplines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 simple to use in whatever setting or rule set
Prevarication 48
you choose to play in. Tern System could even
Ta ble
be used in a fantasy setting if the GM wanted
to.
The planets in the setting are intertwined but
could be separated for play. Each planet has its
own threats, opportunities and flavor. Galatia
is the center of the system and has the most tie
ins with the other planets.
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T e r n
Tern and have since been producing everything
from hydrogen cells to rare gases for starship
Tern is a system some 370 light years from the systems. The platforms on and around Erastos
Gren home system. It was first colonized in the are populated mostly by humans and baleks.
Second Millenium in a colony contract with They are subject to LFGM regulations but they
InterStar Transport. The first colony was on are considered most commonly as free ports
Galatria and mostly supported gas miners. and hide aways for Gren criminals in the
Tern is located in a rather sparse section of the system.
Nebuleos and has suffered somewhat for its
Geran and Kespos are have provincial status in
remoteness. Military protection has always
the Grou-Lynn Empire meaning that they are
fallen to the locals and the fighting spirit of the
independantly ruled by their own govenrments
Kezzeren of Kespos.
and need only obey Grou-Lynn law and pay
Trade for Tern has grown most rapidly in the provincial taxes. Galatria is a direct Imperial
last 100 years as the resources of Erastos have Colony meaning they have a governor
been tapped. The League of Free Gas Miners appointed by the Emperor. The Kezzeren Gren
settled a contract with the Grou-Lynn Empire of Kespos violently oppose the surrender of
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their independance to the Empire. Geran has disk in denominations ranging from 1 to 100
been leaning in this direction for the last 50 credits in increments of ten. By a trick of
years. Their predominantly Te ssereck holographic reflection, the image of the
population is far less conservative and believe denomination, in Standard, is visible floating
in the benefits that could be gained as an on one side and the emblem of Interstellar
Imperial colony. This difference has caused a Trade Organization on the other side.
great deal of stress between the two worlds.
The governor of Galatria would love to see
nothing so much as a enemity between these Hriss
worlds. It would make his job easier. Hriss is the Gren common language. It was
originally a mixture of Kezzeren and Emperor
Mone y gren languages and the name is that of the
Hriss district on Shandis, the homeworld. In
In the Tern System, there are three major actual Gren communities, Hriss is taught in
Mone y
currencies in play. In the Imperial Provinces primary schooling but may or may not be
(Geran and Kespos) the provincial Tyro in commonly spoken in the community itself.
common trade. This coinange is made of a Even if it is, Hriss is often corrupted with local
omniset cast that has the feel of paper but is idioms and colloquial phrases. Names are the
nearly indestructible. It is square in shapes and most common victims of this practice.
ten centimeters on a side. It is red with a The following is a primer on Hriss for those
hologram of the bank of issue on one side and entering Gren space. With it, a traveller will be
a Kizra fruit on the other side. The Tyro is
able to be understood.
issued by banks and gauranteed by the
government. It comes in denominations of 1,
10, 20, 100 and 1000.
P ro n o u n s
Gren pronouns very widely in the sub-species
The second type of currency is the Imperial
dialects but are firm in Hriss. They commonly
Script. Script is issued from the Imperial mint are taken very seriously and a speaker would
on Galatria. The government gaurantees it just
never address an elder or stranger in anything
as with the tyro. It is issued as small omniset
but the formal tense,
pentagons about five cm on a side and are
white with green inking. On one side is the Table 1:
hologram of the Emperor and on the other side
a picture of the Empress. The omniset is Human Hriss Verb Ending
embedded with an electronic die that will
identify each bill uniquely. This make the I E -ca
Script very difficult to forge. You (formal) Rss -sha
Finally, in and around Erastos and most You (Plural) Rsk -sha
mining operations the RFW Standard Credit is
most often found. These have no form but are You (Sing.) Rsso -so
held in an electronic wand called a Stick. It is
It (Informal) Yot -ot
actually an advanced form of S.C.I.M. Stick
but specifically tasked to handling a person’s They (Informal) Rett -t
finances. On rare occasssion and by special
request, Credits may be issued in a coporeal
form. In such instances, the Credit is a crystal
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Ve rb s Table 3:
Verb endings depend on two things, the tense Human Hriss Pronounciation
(Future, Present, Past) and the pronoun (I, you
formal, they, etc). Most conversations will take Very Rrt The “T” is clicked against
place in the present based on the Gren’s the roof of the mouth.
preference to refer to everything in the here Sounds like Rurt
and now. When addressing superiors, a Gren is
wise to look to the proper pronoun and verb Open Ja Often contracted to J’ .
suffix. The modifiers for temporal tenses are Pronounced like j in
additive to the rest of the pronoun usage jump.
meaning they are simply added after the Honor- Tra Trilled r, sounds lie tra in
pronoun suffix. able transient
Table 2: Shin- Gala G comes from the back of
H r i s s
ing the throat, sounding like
Tense Suffix goat. GAH-lah.
Past -roo
Colors will be covered in the vocabulary
Present None section but, as with the other adjectives, follow
the word they modify. Instead of the “The red
Future -me ball” it would be “The ball red”.
Adjectives/Adverbs Vo c a bul a ry
Modifying nouns and verbs are done through a In Hriss, nouns and verbs are often treated as
series of coughs or barks. They are applied precise. This means that general terms,
directly after the target verb or noun. although they exist, are considered vulger
usage. One would no t say “ball” when
Table 3:
describing a “rubber play ball”.
Human Hriss Pronounciation Pronounciation of Hriss often give issues to
races without the Gren palet. Notation used
Quick Kha Coming from the dia- here includes:
phram through the tback
of the throat with an open RR - trilled r sound
mouth. RT - trilled r ending in a clicked T off the roof
of the mouth
Slow Chu Blowing hard into the
cheeks sounding like RTH - Soft purring sound, brething over a
Chew. trilled toungue without any vocalization.
Beauty Irto Toungue clicking off the CHE - Blowing hard into the cheeks while
roof of the mouth as the curling the toungue. Makes a sound like CHE
“T” is pronounced; er-Too in cheese.
Ugly Hrr Uses a trilled toungue CHU - Blowing hard into the cheeks making a
sounding like a large cat sound like CHEW.
purring. Sounds like Herr
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TH - Wet rasberry sounding TH sound like
“Through“ with a mouth full of spit
SS - sounds like SH in shout
SHH - long sound of SHH in “Shush”
Table 4:
Human Hriss Pron.
Main Ship’s Airlock Rro- RR-wen
wen
White Erru er-RRu
H r i s s
Black Thro TH-rou
Red Gerss ger-SHH
Energy pistol Derr de-RR
Death Rouss rowe-SH
Space Ship’s Rout rowe-OOT
Destruction
FTL Star Ship Nenou ne-NEW-
sh shh
Claw Rrahl rr-ALL
Ice Yui yu-EE
People Tria(s) trree-AH
Wind Raah RR-ah
North Che(a) CHEE-ah
South Churr CHUR-rr
Storm Rthee RTH-ee
Sand Shhuri SHHUR-
ee
Imperial Ka KA
Governor Rritt RR-it
Ranger Mrerr mer-ERR
Merchant Checul CHE-cool
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K e s po s
K e s p os from glands located above their nose which
combine in a powerful endothermic reaction,
Kespos was settled by the House of Kespos,
hot enough to start fires. They are very prolific
part of the ruling class of the Hiret Romm, the
royal court of the Grou-Lynn Empire. The and an entire industry has grown up around
destroying their colonies and containing their
Kezzeren Gren colonized Kespos 352 years
damage.
ago. They have followed a very selective
immigration program and maintained a steady Kespos has also had more than its shre of run
population growth curve. Immigration to ins with the Grou-Lynn Empire. The Gren
Kespos is restricted to Gren and a society wish Kespos to be a direct Imperial subject but
called the J’rrahl, Bared Claw, is the primary have had to settle for its nominal provincial
force behind acceptance. status. This does not stop them from using all
their influence to convince the population of
Kespos was terra-formed before the settlers
Kespos to rejoin the Empire. This is
arrived. The planet was a barren waste land but
complicated by a strong conservative society
has since grown in to a lush paradise. In 350
made up of the wealthy land owners of
years some unwanted guest have arrived or
Kespos. They stand to loose the most should
developed from the early heavy industrial
Kespos come under direct Imperial rule.
period of 2720. The most virulent of these
creatures are Yiun Fire Rats. The fire rats are In general, Kespos is both quaint and sad.
small (under 5kg) lizards with a lightly They cling to the traditional ways of the Gren
armored skin. They fire two organic compunds and the Kezzeren ways of blood and battle.
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That is not to say they are blood thirsty but the the Hret Domar, literally Provincial Court.
traditions and rituals of the Kezzeren often Two lesser councils advise the Hret Domar
encourage a singular approach to problems called the Hret Fihro (Merchant’s Court) and
and adherence to tradition. Kespos is a the Hret Jom (Laborer’s Court). The Hret
favorite vacation spot for Gren due to its Fihro is overseen by a Drahadi (fiscal minister)
warm climate, low number of threats and the appointed by the Rrhith (literally Govenor
traditional views on Gren society. Lord). The Rrhith is an archaic Gren title and
as with other titles and even their organization
Gov e rnme nt shows the conservative attitude of the
Kezzeren of Kespos. The Hret Fihro propose
The current government is technically a
legislation concerning trade, finance and
Gov ernment
principality or a S’kat Hret, rule of the royal
shipping. They also act as a court of appeals
blood. The Kespos house, although they have
for such matters.
l o st a l l t h e i r p o s s es s i o n s o n t h e G r e n
homeworld of Shandis, have kept Kespos for The Hret Jom is a much larger court made up
their own. The current ruler is Kespos Dirant. of elected members from the districts and
She has only come to power three years ago protectorates around Kespos. Anyone who
and is still under the age of assent. She has wins the popular vote of the people may serve
won the right to rule in a battle with her two but often the members come from the working
brothers and her cousin, Jina. Jina has not class. There primary purpose is to be an
taken the defeat well and it is believed she is advocate for the working class. The Hret Jom
seeking any manner of revenge against her was formed only 72 years ago as a response to
cousin. Jina currently bides her time in Dsaki wide spread worker strikes and unfair labor
at her family compound. practices. Since the lot of the average Gren has
improved but their is still far to go. Some
The capital of Kespos is Gerana named for the
believe that progress has been too slow and too
famous explorer of the Second Millenium,
little.
Kespos Geran. Here the seat of government
rules fromt he Shiranti Palace, a magnificent The Grou-Lynn Empire
sprawling mansion almost as old as the first
Kespos’ relationship to the Empire is a
settlement.
difficult and complex one. The Kespos pride
The government is made up of the eldest and has led the Separitists Party intent on on
most powerful families of Kespos. The keeping their world independant. In the bush
leading families include Kespos, Yiun and war of 2742, Grou-Lynn were able to force
Dsaki. Although there are close to seventy Kespos to accept the status of S’kat Hret, a
lesser families, they all align themselves with provincial principality. This allows Kespos self
one of the Great Houses eventually. The only rule as long as they uphold Grou-Lynn law and
exception to this is the fiercely independant pay a tax on annual production. This chaffs a
Fisos pride. Their control of mineral deposits number of the Gren of royal lines. The
and their willingness to work those claims common Gren have seen an improvement in
with their own pride members has kept them property rights, civil law and their general way
clear of Kespos control. All the other cities, of life.
prides and protectorates owe their loyalty to
Today, the Grou-Lynn Empire is constantly
one of the three Great Houses.
having thier rule challenged. Their rule from
Laws and regulations are proposed and voted Galatria is tenuous and short of landing troops
on by a council made up of the prides called on Kespos they have little other options.
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Reunification Party true nature of the Gren. Aliens are thought to
The Reunification Party, led by Jarah Esras, be a carrier of this decadence and should be
has as its primary agenda the return of the purged from Kespos at any opportunity. This,
Kezzeran Gren of Kespos to the Imperial at times, even extends to the other Gren races.
Empire. Within the past 15 years the Party has Although denouncing any violence of the
been gaining more members especially from Separatists, the J’rrahl society often provides
the liberal Dsaki District. Recruitment has apologies and smooths public opinion. The
been agressive and targeted at schools and J’rrahl are a conservative party and have a
universities. This has allowed the strict control on many of the moral and cultural
Reunification Party to grow from a young issues of Kespos. Although they claim to have
Gov e rnment
constituency. little control over the Separatists, it is accepted
The Mrotes are a reactionary extremist group that the J’rrahl society will rein in the more
who look to forward their cause by moderate Seaparatist members willing to listen
engineering political and economical power to reason. Extremist are dealt with in their own
vacuums. They often apporach this with manner.
violence as their primary tools. A recent The Separatists have been in power for some
chemical bomb in the Hret Domar meeting time but with the growth of the Reunification
chambers killed four and almost killed Dirant movement and its popularity amongst the
Kespos herself. young, the pendulum may soon swing.
Separatists Party The J’rrahl Soci-
The Separatists are far ety
more conservative than This is an organization
any other party of several hundred
involved with the wealthy land owning
government. Their Gren. The full society
leader, Mron Kis, is meets once a year for a
very traditional to the gathering in Gerana and
point of following the to discuss cultural,
old ways before Jara social and immigration
Lek Tsun’s teachings. issues. They pass laws to the effect of banning
Mron is the Speaker for the Hret Domar, the certain behavior while rewarding or even
Council of Prides. The party has gained great promoting certain behavior. In this way the
power under his guidance but he is all too Society has real control over the actions of the
aware of the growing popularity of the populace. In most cases, the average Gren has
Reunification Party. It is suspected that he has no issue with the edicts of the J’rrahl as the
used his influence to see the Justice Ministry is laws passed mostly pertain to reinforcing
less lenient with members of their rival. “normal” behavior of Gren society.
Mron’s family own vast kizra fruit estates in
the northern areas of the Kespos District. The J’rrahl Society has its roots int he original
Colonial Planning Committee that was elected
The party itself is seeking to once again be a when the first colonists landed. It was tasked
free state. They are usually in favor of military with many basic functions of adapting the
spending and consider Galatria a direct threat. planet to the colonists needs and making
The Grou-Lynn Empire and all who support preparations for the second wave. Soon its
them are viewed as decadent and corrupt to the function became less necessary and the leader
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Mris Dhessa retasked the group, renaiming it commoners, the Wetac, serve in the capacity of
for a character in an ancient play named workers. The Wetac still enjoy a very good life
J’rrahl. The J’rrahl Society guided the but have little int he way of financial power or
following waves in what was expected of influence.
them, socially and morally. Their power grew Commoners enjoy a much simpler lifestyle but
as many of the original colonists saw many of are also much closer to the Kezzeren cultural
the least desirable of the Empire being roots. They enjoy the ritual hunts and feasts
shuffled off to Kespos. Also, many of the held with imported stock animals. At times,
immigration laws heavily favored those slaves will be used for the hunt but this is
colonists already in place. unusual and expensive.
Today, the Society is lead by an elite cabal of
the wealthiest landowners. This small group E co n o m y
of little over twenty members regulate many Kespos has very little high tech industry. It
S o c i e t y
of the laws and taxes that keep immigrants supplies computer components to some
and the immoral in line. To be called to intersteller companies but this makes up less
Gerana for questioning by this cabal often the 1% of its annual trade. The largest leader of
means that person will not be seen again. They trade exports falls within a fruit called Kizra
have been alarmed with recent trends and certain rare botanicals. In addition,
deviating from moral behavior demonstrated although not popular with the nobles, tourism
in both the Separatists and the Mrotes also contributes to the local economy.
Reunification parties. Often, squads of police
must be dispatched to deal with these The Kizra fruit is grown mostly on plantations
individuals. The future looks bleak to these located near the equator. Some smaller,
members of Kespos’ conscience. privately owned farms raise this fruit in the
north and south but they more often apply their
Society hectares to herding and meat animals. The
small farms can make more money by
Kespos is a curious mix of remote rural and supplying the planetary needs for food than if
urban sophistication. Seldom can the nobles of they went into competition with the Great
Kespos be accused of being without the
Houses and the large plantations.
highest culture in their cities. Plays reinacting
the ancient heroic deeds of the past are played The light industry is usually contained in the
out along side the howling melodies of the urban centers, specifically around Dsaki and
Srett-mor, the Poet’s Song. The parks and Gerana. Rinz Industries is the largest by far
landscapes of Gerana and Dsaki are legendary and produce computer components for
for the landscaping expertise used on them. offworld megacorps. Agrit Thole is almost as
big as Rinz Industries but they are almost
The population of Kespos is split into a entirely concerned with on planet production
number of well defined and stable layers. The of farming equipment specifically oriented at
nobles, the Hretac, are at the top of the the Kizra crops. Agit Thole also deals in bio-
hierachy and they own most of the land. tech for the agricultural industry. Finally,
Beneath them are the merchant class, the
Dsaki Combine is a group of smaller industries
Ertac, and they control much of the that make up a successful manufacturer of
manufacturing and trade that occirs on and off transports. These are almost exclusively local
the planet. The engineering class, the Utac, are
ground transports but recently they have
commonly treeated well and thought to be expanded into an inter-planetary shuttle
very close to the level of the Ertac. Finally, the
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service between Kespos and the rest of the than 100,000. Gren in general and Kezzeren in
system. They also manufacture work particular are not fond of living close together.
machinary for local farms, mass transit
systems and some higher end professional Gerana
services like engineering consulting. Gerana is the capital of Kespos and is named
after the great Kezzeren explorer, Ril Thek
The economy is small when compared to
Geran. It is a very large city for the Gren with
Galatria. Kespos does not import much nor
its population near 130,000. It has the Tamos
does it have a heavy export trade. Much of
Starport, one of only two on the planet, and
Urban
what a visitor would see on the planet is
uses it to control much of the trade that goes
manufactured on Kespos. This is reinforced
off planet.
with the general sentiment that offworld
people and products are not to be trusted. Gerana is a city whose architecture harkens
back to a distant past in Kezzeren history.
U r b a n C e n t e rs When walking throught the city, many off-
Cities on Kespos are more often small cities world visitors will be struck by how little
thfeel like they are in a a city. Low buildings
which service outlying rural areas and farms.
Cent ers
The large “metropolis” is usually no larger built as personal domiciles almost blend into
the carefully sculpted parks. The public
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markets and commercial buildings have few by the Kezzeren of Kespos and there are many
walls and resemble open air pavillions in most shrines to him all over the planet. He is not
weather. Walls can quickly be put in place commonly observed elsewhere in the Empire
a g a i n s t a d v e r s e w e a t h e r. G o v e r n m e n t but the beliefs and respect for nature have had
buildings are made from local stone giving the a profound effect on Gren society as a whole.
impression that they could stand against a The Gren of Kespos worship many of the old
formidable assault. Indeed, in the manner of gods and follow Chdatiri closely, looking on
ancient Kezzeren, government buildings are him as a gaurdian spirit.
often made as places of civilian defense. In the center of the park, the Chdati Oir, Shrine
C e n t e rs
G E R A N A TR A N S P O R T H U B of Chdatiri, stands as a monument to the
artistic skills of Kezzeren craftsmen. A strange
This is the core and original foundation of the
mix of modern and ancient architecture, the
Kespos rail system. The Kespos rail system
shrine is open air as with a rahenda, supporting
can get a person to almost any locations on the
the roof on pillars of native granite. Built low
planet. The Transport Hub not only serves as a
to the ground, a gren can still stand upright
station for embarkation but also as the offices
when entering. Once inside,
of the Transport Authority and Ministry.
the night sky of Shandis,
The station itself is over 20,000 squre meters the Gren homeworld, is
and adorned with paintings and projected holographically
U r b a n
murals of the Kespos onto the ceiling.
family, thier history and Surrounding the Oir is a
exploits. The floors are lush and thick jungle.
of red Yuin marble and Camouflaged tending
the eyes is drawn to robots keep all trace of
the ceiling via wide visitors from the jungle
skylites. Many stores and floor enhancing the feeling
meeting places, Rahenda, of being in a wilderness
are built into the walls and not in the center of a
or in simulated city.
parks. A great deal
The rest of Chdati
of business is
Park is much the
conducted in the
same with deep forest and
Rahenda of the GTH.
plentiful game. A wall runs
Security at the Hub is around the perimeter to
very high and weapons are ensure that the game
strictly prohibited. Although an occasional animals do not wander into the
archaic weapon may be found on a patron, no city. Many Gren and those offworld visitors
mondern weapons can be smuggled past the who can visit the park for relaxation and
security sensors. Checkpoints are strictly private meetings.
enforced on any passengers embarking the
R R O H L P O R T FA C I L I T Y
monorails.
Much like the Gerana Transport Hub, the
C H D A T I PA R K
Rrohl Port Facility is an immense facility busy
Chdati Park is named for the ancient god of at all times of the day. Shipping of all sorts
the hunt, Chdatiri. He is commonly observed makes its way through the Port Facility and it
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even acts as a back-up for the Tamos Space while others an inability to locate the elements
Port for ships that can land in water. of the Udjat operating in Rrohl.
Much of the products bound for off-planet The facility covers over 100,000 square meters
come through Rrohl on their way to the Space of floationg structures and anchored piers. A
Port. In addition, being far cheaper than rail, number of independant structures have grown
many imports also find their way onto ships up around the Port and their owners have
via Rrohl. attached themselves to the high traffic
Rrohl does not have much in the way of platform. These improvised platforms are
Urban
entertainment, being more about cargo than often sources for illicit products such as
Cent ers
personal transport, but it still has its forms of modern weapons, military technology, drugs
entertainment. A much more dark version of and stolen goods. Security is not automated
the Hub, Rrohl is also home to more of the and patrols are seldom.
criminal elements of Kespos. Although police
TA M O S I N D U S T R I A L D I S T R I C T
authorities know that the Udjat Syndicate
operates much of its smuggling activities out Home to many of the more progressive small
of Rrohl little is done. Some blame corruption corporations the Tamos Industrial District is
actively different from the rest of Gerana.
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Instead of the strict separation of commercial looking to maximize worker eficiency,
district for the service of private citizens, a production capabilities and waste
mix of rahenda and small shops to service the management. There is little to interest tourists
workers and excutives have cropped up. This in this district but the Agrit Thole and Rinz
has caused a headache in the offices of the city Industries headquaters are very impressive.
planner and has been an irritation for the
govenor who would rather see all things in Dsaki
their place. Dsaki is a smaller city than Gerana having
only 84,000 residents. They are crowded a
KESPOS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
C e n t e rs
little more than Gerana due to the surrounding
The Kespos Industrial District is laid out in hills and ocean. The city does have some of the
the traditional mode for Kezzeren colonies most advanced learning on Kespos though and
U r b a n
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ocassionally draws an offworld student treasures and knowledge. The Library is
looking for advance theological or mechanical seldom at risk though and often the Rret-ora
engineering at Dsaki University. are treated as royalty.
Dsaki was one of the first planetary engineers The Riksos Planetary Library is much more
to come to Kespos and see the advantages of than what would traditionally be thought of as
the terrain surronding the settlement. Dsaki a repository of knowledge, it is also a
founded his settlement and made his claim to collection of inventions, innovations and a
vast mineral deposits in the surrounding fully functional museum. It also maintains a
Urban
mountains. To this day, miners are still healthy expeditionary budget for digs
prospecting in these hills and processing their throughout the system. An entire wing is
ore in the Rroso Industrial District. Of late, devoted to the native Trigannitaroes and
Dsaki has been accused of being a hotbed of ongoing archaeological expeditions often to
seditious thought against traditional values and remote sites on Galatria.
a recruitment station for the Reunification DSAKI UNIVERSITY
Party. In fact, Dsaki is the center of the party
headquarters. The Mrotes, a radical faction of Dsaki University is best known for their
Cent ers
the Reunification Party, are known to be active mining and salvage colleges. The campus
in the area but are seldom persued. Some itself was built around the first surveyor’s
suspect collaboration by local police forces. offices over 125 years ago. It now is one of the
most modern universities in the system if not
The city itself has gone through something of a the Empire.
rebirth in the past forty years. In the past,
Dsaki suffered from entirely too utilitarian a Chief among the assest of the Dsaki University
purpose, that of a mining town. It was a very are the advanced Materials Sciences labs.
unattractive and heavily polluted city. Many These labs are used for research into new
initiatives, led by Iroso Reatha, has reformed compounds and uses for materials. Also, in the
the city to be more health minded, beautiful Tern System and beyond, the Dsaki labs are
and envirionmentally safe. The Iroso family considered the place for concise materials
sank much of thier personal fortune, made in analysis.
aluminum, into the beatification of the city. It is also known as the center for radical free
Despite Reatha’s efforts, areas in the western thinking members of the Reunification Party.
parts of the city still remain poluted with Rallies are often organized on campus and
industrial waste. many believe this is a prime recruiting area for
R I K S O S P L A N E TA R Y L I B R A R Y the Mrotes.
The Riksos family patriarch, Riksos Hrass was Leaders on campus include Rro Kessh who has
one of the first planetary engineers to arrive on advanced degrees in Mining and Salvage. He
Kespos. He had been a teacher back on heads the M&S department and had a, if a
Shandis and was ill prepared for the hard life somewhat infamous, career as a slavage tech
of a colony planet. He persevered and more with InterStar. Little is known about why he
than that, he succeeded in founding one of the left InterStar except that he did so under a
first an most respected libraries in the system. cloud. He now is suspected to have
connections with the Mrotes and is definitely a
It has a dedicated staff called the Rret-ora or
strong champion for the Reunifictaion Party.
Knowledge Hunters. The Rret-ora are a close
knit group of dedicated care-takers of the On the opposite end of the spectrum sits the
library and in times of war, defenders of its head administrator of the University, Lahs
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Errha. She has a history with the Kespos to murder peopl ein their sleep. No proof of
armed forces and sees Reunification as an this has ever been produced.
insult to everything she has worked for all her The Temple and the Order are the center of a
life. Lahs is a veteran of several skirmishes great many charitable acts and initiatives.
with the Imperial Navy and makes no effort to They seldom involve themselves in politics
conceal it. She has treated Rro as little more beyond representing their worshippers. Still,
than an enemy at best and as a criminal at the rumors persist and many believe their
worst. She has moved to have him removed public persona merely masks a darker side.
several times but she lacks the support to carry
C e n t e rs
through with her wishes. TO R O K I B AY FA C I L I T Y
TEMPLE DOPHOS Toroki Bay is very important from a shipping
point of view. Automated freighters filled with
Dophos is an ancient god of the earth and the ore or refined metals ship out all day and all
underworld. His worship has devolved to a night. TBF, as the locals call it, is an epic
groups of codes of conduct towards men and
testament to Gren engineering. The facility is
women that emphasizes cooperation and semdom at peak levels of operation, easily
dedication to profession. Nearly 80% of the handling the ores produced by rural mines and
Dsaki population at least give lip service and processing the orders from all over Kespos.
attend communal gatherings at the Temple. Manufacturing plants from all cities, great or
U r b a n
The Temple itself is very large, having nearly small, recieve shipments of raw materials from
four hectares of land to its estates, the grounds Dsaki for creatin of exports and goods used on
are rife with Kizra trees. The Temple is made planet.
of a typical center stone refuge surrounded by The TBF fulfills other roles that are far more
a thatched roof. The roof covers nearly 15,000 obvious and apparent. It is a major hub of
square meters, starting nearly 50 meters off communications and sales. Shares of
the ground and coming to only 1.5 meters at companies are bought and sold on the TBF
the edge. The inner edge nearly touches the
Trade Floor at ever hour of the day. It also
Refuge and creates an inner aura of sunlight. serves as a home for top level hotels and
The Temple has had rumors about it since restaurants. Businesses often will set up their
beofre its completion nearly 200 years ago. It corporate offices in the TBF since so much of
is rumored that the priests guard a fantastic the business of Dsaki, and arguably Kespos, is
treasure of minerals and gems in the depths of transacted here.
the Refuge. The priests do not aid this in that P H I R O S R&D I N C .
they are a secretive cult, keeping to
themselves and recruiting only as needed. Founded 40 years ago by Phiros Tenser, Phiros
Their exact numbers are not known but it is R&D has made strides in pharmaceuticals that
believed that they are int he hundreds. They previously were unthought of. Their crowning
have been granted permission to maintian achievment is the Unisol and Tenser Patch.
arms as well. They have a special order, the Unisol is a far more effective “smart” drug for
Trarrahl, who is dedicated to the protection of translating medications to different
the Order, the Temple and its treasures. Some physiologies. It will take a tranquillizer
fear the Order of Dophos but without much desinged for humans and enable it to work on
cause. The rumor is that they have tunnels all Gren. There have been other versions of this
under the city that they send out the Trarrahl drug developed by other companies before
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Phiros but none as effective. Unisol is 94% supplies to start them off. In turn, they will be
effective in translating known medications. expected to do likewise.
The Tenser Patch is used in dealing with The mining villages are often more rough and
exposure to methane. The miners out on tumble type places. They get young people
Erastos have found this small round patch a from the local agricultural villages who are
life saver. It is placed anywhere on the body looking for extra cash for steading a new farm.
and as long as the patient has had loss of All too often these youngsters end up indebted
respiratory function for less than thirty minutes to the mining company’s store and will work
they Patch will revive them drawing the for long periods attempting to pay off their
methane from their system. debt. Many just run away to return to their
home village or, more likely in order to escape
Phiros Tenser has brought his daughter, Phiros
prosecution for debt evasion, go to a new
Lyrra, into the business as she has come of age.
E c o l o g y
village and hope to earn Honor Binding or a
She has been much more aggressive in the
place as a farm hand. The villagers often
pursuit of off world contracts and trade for the
protect these wandering youngsters if they
company. This has made enemies in much of
work hard and show they are trustworthy.
the conservative Separitist Party. Alternatively,
she has refused to aid the Mrotes and the The treatment of workers have been inproing
Reunification Party making enemies of them. in the mining villages due to pressure from the
The Empire desires the products produced by Empire. Unfortunately, the Empire has been
Phiros R&D and has used their power to having more difficulties with the Great Houses
ensure that they are allowed to trade without and the specter of the past looms over the lives
interference. New routes must always be of these poor souls once again.
opened and secured as the government
continues to throw up beaureaucratic E co l o g y
roadblocks. Lyrra does nto let this dissuade The ecology of Kespos has been engineered by
her. She has taken to hiring Free Traders to extensive terraforming efforts. The abandoned
transport her goods and this has caused an plants, enormaous in size, dot the landscape.
even greater amount of ill will from the Great Terraforming has left the planet very Gren
Houses. friendly and the plants and animals have all
been carefully imported and cultured. There
Smaller Cities
have been accidents though, which have
Smaller villages dot the landscape of Kespos, introduced some more predatory species to the
mostly producing Kizra fruit or as small planet. Efforts are always in the works to
mining operations. The agricultural villages ensure the eradication of these threats.
often hold no more than 300-400 people and
are close knit communities. The citizens of
these villages are often of the same pride or
extended pride. New members are sometimes
accepted in the old fashion of honor binding.
This privilege is usually only extended to
outsiders who marry into the pride or perform
some great service for the pride. This person is
then given land from the community grounds
and everyone in the village will aid in the
contruction of a house, tool shed and any
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Galatria
Galatria was a period of planting many colonies and
hoping one would take root and flourish.
Galatria is founded in a history of blood and
conquest. The original contract with InterStar In 1822, the last of the colony ships left
Transport had indicated that Galatria was Shandis and the Tern expedition was amongst
uninhabited but when the first colonists arrived them. At the time no one knew it would be the
they found a very different situation. The end last ship for nearly four centuries but it would
of the Second Millenium brought a period of not have mattered. These Gren were the
isolation that put the Gren of the Imperial adventurers, the explorers looing for the next
Mandate against the natives. great challenge.
In the year 1791, nearly 1100 years ago, the Galatria was officially colonized in the year
Grou-Lynn Empire via the Jirinicorr or council 1823 near the site of the present day capital,
of merchants, created the Imperial Mandate for Shurikhath. It would almost three years before
Interstellar Expansion. This declaration was the colony encountered their first
signed by the Emperor and enacted by the Trigannitaroes or Trigs as they came to be
Tirou Cantiff or Imperial Navy. Colony known. The colony was quickly embroiled in a
contracts were made up with the only means of bush war between local tribes. It was a long
interstellar travel, the InterStar Transport and difficult war but in the end the Gren’s
company. The Tern system was targeted for superior technology prevailed. The planet
colonization along with hundreds others. This would be pacified but on going trouble from
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native Trigs would plague the Gren to present that cause the governors to have a high turn
day. over.
Modern day Galatria is a contrast of ultra- The Imperial Governor, Rrosis Dersh, is a
modern Gren culture and poverty in its worst retired Imperial Naval Commander. He was
forms. Gren from noble families and a healthy chosen as a replacement when the last
middle class merchants make for the stable governor failed to deal with the terrorist group,
government. In the past, the poor could escape the Mrotes. Since he has come to power a little
their conditions by selling their labor or over three years ago, Rrosis has implemented a
striking out on their own to the mines of policy of small strike teams capable of hunting
Erastos or Gerana. Opportunities there have down the Mrotes cells then calling in the big
Gov ernment
become scarce and dissidents have begun to guns to finish them off. Raiders have also
create trouble. In the midst of paradise, there suffered under his rule. Rrosis knows raiders
is revolution brewing. and how to deal with them. He has used the
system fleet to deny them any berth except for
Over the centuries crime syndicates have
Geran. Even the LFGM has cooperated on the
evolved from deposed noble families or
moons of Erastos making it very difficult to be
individual Gren set on making thier own
a smuggler with goods to sell. He has had less
fortune. Much of the illegal trade involves
success against the Trig’s TMS organization.
DNS (Direct Neuro Stimulation) and the rich
T h e Tr i g s u s e a m e a n s o f d i s p e r s e d
nanotechnology of Galatria.
organization that depends on thier very
independant but also interdependant cultural
Gov e rnme nt organization. One Trig operative only knows
The government of Galatria is a direct rule of two others. Destroying cells of conspirators
the Imperial House. This means that a means ferreting out hudreds of agents. Rrosis
governor is assigned to carry out the will of has found this very difficult to adapt to.
the Empire while a civilian administration is
The governor rules from a palace complex on
elected from the nobility of Galatria.
Galatria in the city of Chu’ Tahn in the Chu’
IMPERIAL GOVERNOR Mran District. The official capital is over 7000
km away in Shhurikhath but this is mainly an
The job of the Imperial Governor is simple in
administrative hub. The governor has long
theory. They are meant to ensure financial
ruled from Chu’Tahn where the Imperial
accountability of the provincial systems, that
Naval Command resides.
peace is maintained, and the will of the
Emperor is enforced. In most Gren provincial IMPERIAL MINISTRIES
systems this is little bother but in Tern, the
The Imperial Ministries (called HrouChax in
problems multiply.
Hris) cover all aspects of the Tern System.
The Trig rebels are at the heart of the Essentially, the Ministries are a part of the
Governor’s troubles but it does not stop there. civilian government but serve the Empire.
Raiders cause more damage than merely They do so, in many cases, as acting stewards
destroying or stealing goods, they disrupt the of resources for the Emperor. The post of
infrastructure of inter-system production. In Minister brings with it many advantages as
addition, the Governor also must deal with the well as responsibilities.
Gren of Kespos and their Separationist
The most powerful of the Ministries is the
movement. All of this has a reinforcing effect
Minister of the Interior. It is the responsibility
of this minister to oversee the Ministries of
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Labor, Resources, and Mining. These three many of the LFGM contracts are for
ministries control much of the economy of the operations entirely out of the scope that the
Tern System as well as several key areas
including any wealth produced in mining, UNIFICATION PARTY
slave regulation, and labor contract law. More The Unification Party includes members from
importantly, the Minister of the Interior is the Reunification Party of Kespos and the
second in command to the Imperial Govenor Imperial Unification Party operating from
but still reports directly to the Emperor. Shandis, the Gren homeworld. The Party is a
political entity that moves to free slaves, enact
LEAGUE OF FREE GAS MINERS religious and racial tolerance legislation and
Gov e rnment
The League of Free Gas Miners is an chanpion the rights of Artificial Entities. In
organization that has posts, mines and addition, they are also very involved in
embassies throughout the Nebuleos. They are promoting their vision of preserving the
known for being the best at gas mining Empire’s unity throught the teachings of Jara
operations including safety, profitability and Lek Tsun. This prophet had brought a message
e f f i c i e n c y. of understanding and
Besides mining tolerence to the
gas giants Gren 1200 years
for rare ago. The
materials, Unification
the LFGM Party is
also handle based on
planetary this
mines, message
excavation and and
construction. promotes
The current leader of legislation in
the Tern System LFGM line with the
is Tajoy Renny, a Balek with a formidable philosophy of tolerence.
reputation. Although he has offices through On Galatria, the Unification Party is not as
out the system, his preferred haunts are on strong as in other parts of the Empire.
Galatria. He maintains an extensive staff and Resistance to their Trig Rights legislation has
compound near the capital. This allows him to come from all corners. The government does
influenc e importa nt dec isions t hat the not wish to acknowledge fault and free the
ministries and the governor are considering. Trigs. The corporation of the Tern system have
a ready source of cheap labor in the form of the
Through Renny, the LFGM maintain their hold
Trigs. In short, it is a very unpopular stance
on much of the heavy construction contracts
and mining rights through out Tern. Erastos is and often a dangerous one.
their strongpoint but at any one time LFGM The Unification Party has had a number of
workers can be found on any of the inner violent altercations with radical political
planets. groups including both Imperialists and
Separatists, both of which oppose the
This arrangement is very appealing to the
Imperial Government but the local industry Unification Party. Worse yet, they are
owners resent the LFGM presence believeing suspected to support radical Trig groups such
as the TMS. There are members of the
they loose business to them. This is unlikely as
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Imperial government who look on the Society
Unification party as race traitors. At any part of a tour of Galatria, a visitor may
find themselves in a peculiar mixture of the
IMPERIALIST PARTY
best and worst of Gren society. Advanced
This is the straight line conservative party led schools dealing with all manner of sciences
by the industrialist Essir Sha. His family has and psi disciplines are scttered across Galatria.
controlled the colonial Tracorr (political The Trig musicians perform in the street and in
council to the governor) of Tern for over three cafes. The Gren long standing love of theater
hundred years. Despite holding the Drahadi is displayed everywhere in open air
chairs (Financial Minister and leaders of the amphetheatres, theaters and in their parks.
Tracorr) there is still concsiderable descension Galatria has much to boast about.
to the Essir rule. Their main oponents are the
leader of the liberal house Tashan. The elderly The music of the Trigs is amazing to any who
take the time to listen. A Banotomazzi, People
S o c i e t y
Tashan Corrir has fought for a more moderate
view of the Imperial Mandate to expand and who Sing in Harmony, who have been trained
bring light to the dark corners of the Nebuleos. well will be able to sing in a haunting
The Tashan do not have enough power or c o m b i n a t i o n o f t o n e s r i n g i n g o ff a n d
allies to make a bid for the Tracorr but they reinforcing one another. Only nine members
are always campaigning for popular support. are allowed in a Banotomazzi. Nine is a holy
number for the Trigs and seldom will they
The Imperialist Party believe in the Mandate deviate from this tradition. Although a group is
of the Empire. This was a mandate proclaimed usually made up of singers, instruments are not
in the earliest part of the Empire. Precisely unheard of. These usually take the form of the
which Emperor made it is unclear but there is Ri, an arrangement of four small lap drums.
no doubt as to the statement that the Empire The Qi is a tightly bound metal stringed
should be expanded and light brought to all hammer harp. It lies across the lap of the
dark places in the Nebuleos. This has brought performer and is struck or srummed with a
the Imperialist Party into conflict with many silver hammer that has been crafted to look
other fanctions of the government. like a pair of bird’s legs. Finally, the Gi, a
wood flute is the most respected of the three
THE RROHL SHA (SECRET POLICE)
instruments traditionally played by these
The Rrohl Sha is a part of any Imperial
artists.
Province. In some they are merely a simple
detachement keeping watch on the off chance Banotomazzi groups can be found in all levels
the Emperor and Royal Family will visit. In of Trig and Gren society. These artists often
others, such as Tern, they are extraordinarily have access to high society one day and Trig
active. The pursuit and capture of members of slaves the next. Their fortunes are often made
the Trig underground, the TMS, is primary on by the company they keep and they are very
thier mission objectives. A close second is the mindful of interpersonal contacts.
disruption of the rich rading business that goes The scholars of the University of Dhurr are
on in the Tern system. Finally, a personal amongst the most renown in the Tern System
mission for Tsang Tange, the commander of and well known througout the Empire. They
the Rrohl Sha of Tern, is the destruction of the specialize in applied physics and espeicially in
Chatt trade. the area of space time experimentaion. Much
of this has application in the area of inter-
stellar drives and power plants. Both of these
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are areas the Gren are always looking to The drug of choice is Chatt and the pushers
expand their understanding of. A rival the the know how to sell it. They often will cut pure
University of Dhurr is the University of Chatt with a common industrial lubricant in
Chu’Rrand. Chu’Rrand was a highly order to allow new users to assimilate the drug
disciplined Chemice psi who established the easier. They are doing no favors for these
unversity well away from the unfriendly public people as many become addicts who turn over
on a then sparsely populated Galatria. It has their pay for just one more hit.
since become the foremost leader in The Trig slavers are a hardened lot. After
prevarication and telepathy. However, it has centuries of perfecting their trade they are able
won few friends amongst the physicists of to trasport, sell and choose the best slaves with
Dhurr. little effort. Some tribes are sold wholesale
The Temple of J’herr, devoted to the teachings into the market die to manipulation of financial
Econom y
of Jara, dominates the city of Chu’Rrand. data. The financial industry helps with this,
Carved from an immense mountain of red covertly, and receives handsome rewards for
granite, the Temple is one of the major their efforts. Entire companies have been
testaments to the Gren commitment to this investigated but few people are arrested and
great teacher. The Temple is administered by those that are find a speedy release. The
the Lek-Tsun, the main stream faction of the c o r r u p t i o n o f t h e s e c o m p a n i es p a l e i n
Jarans, and welcome all who seek tolerance comparison to the Imperial officials who make
and understanding. This often turns the Temple sure the government turns a blind eye. The
into an immense lodging for the poor. The Rrohl Sha often investigate internal infractions
monks do not object and welcome all from any but always seem to find themselves at dead
race. ends filled with false leads.
Not all the Jarans are so open. The Rrand-
Sharr, Shadow Soldiers, are a sect of Jarans E co n o m y
who have followed a far more conservative The primary source of income on Galatria is
path. They believe the teachings of Jara are for either the Imperial Government or the
the Gren only and it is evil most incarnate to financial institution. The Imperial Government
teach other races of the Way. Their views also is the largest employer on the planet and
apply to those they deem unworthy. Gren who possibly the system with the exception of the
teach other races, kill the faithful or betray the LFGM. They employ all manner of position
teachings of Jara (as the Rrand-Sharr interpret from clerks to surveyors to physicians to
them) are all unclean. They visit the Temple geologists. The Imperial Mandate is to create a
but do not stay there. It is believed that they social state that aids all citizens, servents and
will one day cleanse the Temple and take it slaves in receiving equal services. In theory,
back from the Lek-Tsun. It is suspected that the state would provide these services by
the sect is at the heart of a number of ritualistic administering them. In practice, much of the
murders but nothing can be proved work is farmed out to private corporations for
conclusively. Many believe this is because the fulfillment.
Rrohl-Sha has been infiltrated by members of The second source of income is financial in the
the radical sect. form of commercial lending banks, a direct
The darker side is almost always hidden from violation of the Imperial Mandate, primarily
visitors by the government. This is the side used by mining coporations throughout the
alley drug dealers, the illegal but unchallenged system. The largest and best well known is the
Trig slave trade and the brewing Trig rebellion. Dsak (DA-sock) Corporate. An immense
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coporation with holdings both outsystem and The second is the Rrohl Hiret, or Secret Court.
in-system, Dsak Corporate has been on This is an organization that the Gren brought
Galatria longer than the government. They with them from Shandis, the homeworld.
maintain their own formidable security force Originally, it was a primarily Shea-T’kar Gren
(really a standing army), ships, mines and land syndicate but recent expansion has found
on all of the planets in the Tern System. The membership in all the races of the Gren. The
head of the Dsak Coporate is a Tessereck Gren Rrohl Hiret mainly deal in financial and
El em ent s
named Tsong Ban. The Tsong family has held computer fraud but have been expanding to
controlling interest in Dsak for the past 400 weapons smuggling. A dangerous racket, the
years and Ban continues their very profits are astounding in light of the Trig
professional business. Dsak is respected more rebellion. Made easier by the official stance
than it is feared. that there is no rebellion, the Rrohl Hiret must
still tread carefully in this new-to-them
Criminal Elements market.
There are three primary organized crime Finally, the Fini Syndicate, present wherever
e l e m e n t s o n G a l a t r i a . T he f i r s t i s t he there is money to be made, specialize in
Rotogosami, People Who Walk In The Night, dealing Chatt. They dabble in protection,
an ancient Trig group of dispossessed. It has weapons and their usual enterprises wherever
C r i mi nal
grown to epic proportions since the arrival of possible but their greatest profit comes from
the Gren. The Rotogosami are Trigs who have Chatt. Until recently, a Balek going by the
lost their clans to disease, war or have been common surname Jodan was Togar of the Fini
banished from the tribe and nolonger have a of Tern. This was their supreme commander
tribal name. This is very serious to a Trig and but he was taken into custody. This was a
many commit suicide rather than face such an devastating blow to the Syndicate and every
existance. Those that live through it will often effort is being made to either return Jodan or
take up life as a begger waiting to die. Those silence him. Currently the Syndicate is in some
strong enough or insane will become part of dissarray and many of the Dogars, leutenants
the Rotogosami, a tribe of the tribe-less. to the Togar, are fighting for territory.
Through the ages, they have made a living
extorting, stealing or trafficking in the illegal TONOMOSANTI (TMS)
in order to make their way. They do not Althought there are many organizations and
reproduce, lacking the proper triggers from tribes fighting for Trig independance and
thier Mother to do so but they have always rights, the Tonomosanti (Those Who Walk In
found more to refill their ranks. Anger) are the best organizaed and largest. In
recent years they have grown in popularity
Currently, the Rotogosami have found
a m o n g s t t h e Tr i g s a n d e v e n f o u n d
themselves fighting on the side of the
sympathizers amngst the Gren. They have
Tonomosanto (TMS), the rebels fighting
taken a radical departure from standard tactics
against the Gren. This is less a passion for the
used in the past. They function alone almost
Rotogosami and more a marriage of
exclusively and use a series of blind contact
convenience. Members of the Rotogosami
methods to communicate with each other. This
often find their goals align with those of the
has made them nearly impossible to disrupt.
TMS, mainly in stealing from the Empire.
Coupled with this has been a policy of extreme
There have been incidents though and the
violence and raider techniques employed by
Rotogosami and TMS are aware of how
the traditional resistance.
tenuous the current arrangement is.
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CHATT to rest then they will be groggy and have
Chatt is a highly addictive narcotic causing a difficulty performing eventhe easiest of tasks
euphoric delirium in Gren. It was used (-20 to all skill checks and -4 to stat checks).
originally as a spiritual aid by the Trig Chatt is most commonly available on Erastos
shamans but quickly found its way into general and Galatria. Tight import restriction have kept
use by Gren military. it off of Kespos and Tamos. There seems to be
Criminal
Used primarily as a stress reliever, Chatt was little demand on Geran but that is changing. It
not originally thought to be addictive. As its is one of the concerns of the government of
use grew and spread beyond the military, many Geran that Chatt will ravage their work force
people found it difficult to stop. In the initial as it has other planets in the system. Chat can
Elements
stages, it can be quit by those with strong will be purchased for about 15 credits per dose.
but as use progresses beyond the fifth dose it Prolonged use of Chatt (more that six months)
becomes statistically unlikely the user will be will cause a loss of bone mass and possible
able to stop using. detrimental effects to the lungs. Chatt is
The effects of the drug last between four and normally smoked but is also mixed with
five hours depending on the dosage. The user alcohol. Dens can often be found on Erastos
usually falls into a deep sleep and will remain that cater to both Trigs and Gren allowing
so for upto twelve additional hours. If allowed them to partake out of the public eye. On
to get the full amount of rest they will awaken Erastos, Chatt use is not illegal however,
with no ill side effects. If they are not allowed anywhere else in system it carries a two year
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sentence for use, and ten years hard labor for floors are of red Yuin marble and the eyes is
selling Chatt. drawn to the ceiling via wide skylites. Many
stores and meeting places, Rahenda, are built
U r b a n C e n t e rs into the walls or in simulated parks. A great
deal of business is conducted in the Rahenda
Cities on Kespos are more often small cities
of the GTH.
which service outlying rural areas and farms.
The large “metropolis” is usually no larger Security at the Hub is very high and weapons
than 100,000. Gren in general and Kezzeren in are strictly prohibited. Although an occasional
particular are not fond of living close together. archaic weapon may be found on a patron, no
C e n t e rs
mondern weapons can be smuggled past the
GERANA security sensors. Checkpoints are strictly
Gerana is the capital of Kespos and is named enforced on any passengers embarking the
after the great Kezzeren explorer, Ril Thek monorails.
Geran. It is a very large city for the Gren with C H D A T I PA R K
its population near 130,000. It has the Tamos
Starport, one of only two on the planet, and Chdati Park is named for the ancient god of the
uses it to control much of the trade that goes hunt, Chdatiri. He is commonly observed by
off planet. the Kezzeren of Kespos and there are many
shrines to him all over the planet. He is not
Gerana is a city whose architecture harkens
U r b a n
commonly observed elsewhere in the Empire
back to a distant past in Kezzeren history. but the beliefs and respect for nature have had
When walking throught the city, many off- a profound effect on Gren society as a whole.
world visitors will be struck by how little The Gren of Kespos worship many of the old
thfeel like they are in a a city. Low buildings gods and follow Chdatiri closely, looking on
built as personal domiciles almost blend into him as a gaurdian spirit.
the carefully sculpted parks. The public
markets and commercial buildings have few In the center of the park, the Chdati Oir, Shrine
walls and resemble open air pavillions in most of Chdatiri, stands as a monument to the
weather. Walls can quickly be put in place artistic skills of Kezzeren craftsmen. A strange
a g a i n s t a d v e r s e w e a t h e r. G o v e r n m e n t mix of modern and ancient architecture, the
buildings are made from local stone giving the shrine is open air as with a rahenda, supporting
impression that they could stand against a the roof on pillars of native granite. Built low
formidable assault. Indeed, in the manner of to the ground, a gren can still stand upright
ancient Kezzeren, government buildings are when entering. Once inside, the night sky of
often made as places of civilian defense. Shandis, the Gren homeworld, is projected
holographically onto the ceiling. Surrounding
G E R A N A TR A N S P O R T H U B the Oir is a lush and thick jungle. Camouflaged
This is the core and original foundation of the tending robots keep all trace of visitors from
Kespos rail system. The Kespos rail system the jungle floor enhancing the feeling of being
can get a person to almost any locations on the in a wilderness and not in the center of a city.
planet. The Transport Hub not only serves as a The rest of Chdati Park is much the same with
station for embarkation but also as the offices deep forest and plentiful game. A wall runs
of the Transport Authority and Ministry. around the perimeter to ensure that the game
The station itself is over 20,000 squre meters animals do not wander into the city. Many
and adorned with paintings and murals of the Gren and those offworld visitors who can visit
Kespos family, thier history and exploits. The the park for relaxation and private meetings.
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R R O H L P O R T FA C I L I T Y govenor who would rather see all things in
their place.
Much like the Gerana Transport Hub, the
Rrohl Port Facility is an immense facility busy KESPOS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
at all times of the day. Shipping of all sorts The Kespos Industrial District is laid out in the
makes its way through the Port Facility and it traditional mode for Kezzeren colonies
even acts as a back-up for the Tamos Space looking to maximize worker eficiency,
Port for ships that can land in water. production capabilities and waste
Much of the products bound for off-planet management. There is little to interest tourists
Urban
come through Rrohl on their way to the Space in this district but the Agrit Thole and Rinz
Port. In addition, being far cheaper than rail, Industries headquaters are very impressive.
many imports also find their way onto ships
via Rrohl. DSAKI
Dsaki is a smaller city than Gerana having
Rrohl does not have much in the way of
only 84,000 residents. They are crowded a
entertainment, being more about cargo than
little more than Gerana due to the surrounding
personal transport, but it still has its forms of
hills and ocean. The city does have some of the
Cent ers
entertainment. A much more dark version of
most advanced learning on Kespos though and
the Hub, Rrohl is also home to more of the
ocassionally draws an offworld student
criminal elements of Kespos. Although police
looking for advance theological or mechanical
authorities know that the Udjat Syndicate
engineering at Dsaki University.
operates much of its smuggling activities out
of Rrohl little is done. Some blame corruption Dsaki was one of the first planetary engineers
while others an inability to locate the elements to come to Kespos and see the advantages of
of the Udjat operating in Rrohl. the terrain surronding the settlement. Dsaki
founded his settlement and made his claim to
The facility covers over 100,000 square meters
vast mineral deposits in the surrounding
of floationg structures and anchored piers. A
mountains. To this day, miners are still
number of independant structures have grown
prospecting in these hills and processing their
up around the Port and their owners have
ore in the Rroso Industrial District. Of late,
attached themselves to the high traffic
Dsaki has been accused of being a hotbed of
platform. These improvised platforms are
seditious thought against traditional values and
often sources for illicit products such as
a recruitment station for the Reunification
modern weapons, military technology, drugs
Party. In fact, Dsaki is the center of the party
and stolen goods. Security is not automated
headquarters. The Mrotes, a radical faction of
and patrols are seldom.
the Reunification Party, are known to be active
TA M O S I N D U S T R I A L D I S T R I C T in the area but are seldom persued. Some
Home to many of the more progressive small suspect collaboration by local police forces.
corporations the Tamos Industrial District is The city itself has gone through something of a
actively different from the rest of Gerana. rebirth in the past forty years. In the past,
Instead of the strict separation of commercial Dsaki suffered from entirely too utilitarian a
district for the service of private citizens, a mix purpose, that of a mining town. It was a very
of rahenda and small shops to service the unattractive and heavily polluted city. Many
workers and excutives have cropped up. This initiatives, led by Iroso Reatha, has reformed
has caused a headache in the offices of the city the city to be more health minded, beautiful
planner and has been an irritation for the and envirionmentally safe. The Iroso family
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sank much of thier personal fortune, made in Dsaki labs are considered the place for concise
aluminum, into the beatification of the city. materials analysis.
Despite Reatha’s efforts, areas in the western It is also known as the center for radical free
parts of the city still remain poluted with thinking members of the Reunification Party.
industrial waste. Rallies are often organized on campus and
R I K S O S P L A N E TA R Y L I B R A R Y many believe this is a prime recruiting area for
the Mrotes.
The Riksos family patriarch, Riksos Hrass
was one of the first planetary engineers to Leaders on campus include Rro Kessh who has
C e n t e rs
arrive on Kespos. He had been a teacher back advanced degrees in Mining and Salvage. He
on Shandis and was ill prepared for the hard heads the M&S department and had a, if a
life of a colony planet. He persevered and somewhat infamous, career as a slavage tech
more than that, he succeeded in founding one with InterStar. Little is known about why he
of the first an most respected libraries in the left InterStar except that he did so under a
system. cloud. He now is suspected to have
connections with the Mrotes and is definitely a
It has a dedicated staff called the Rret-ora or
strong champion for the Reunifictaion Party.
Knowledge Hunters. The Rret-ora are a close
knit group of dedicated care-takers of the On the opposite end of the spectrum sits the
library and in times of war, defenders of its head administrator of the University, Lahs
U r b a n
treasures and knowledge. The Library is Errha. She has a history with the Kespos
seldom at risk though and often the Rret-ora armed forces and sees Reunification as an
are treated as royalty. insult to everything she has worked for all her
life. Lahs is a veteran of several skirmishes
The Riksos Planetary Library is much more
with the Imperial Navy and makes no effort to
than what would traditionally be thought of as
conceal it. She has treated Rro as little more
a repository of knowledge, it is also a
than an enemy at best and as a criminal at
collection of inventions, innovations and a
worst. She has moved to have him removed
fully functional museum. It also maintains a
several times but she lacks the support to carry
healthy expeditionary budget for digs
through with her wishes.
throughout the system. An entire wing is
devoted to the native Trigannitaroes and TEMPLE DOPHOS
ongoing archaeological expeditions often to Dophos is an ancient god of the earth and the
remote sites on Galatria. underworld. His worship has devolved to a
DSAKI UNIVERSITY groups of codes of conduct towards men and
women that emphasizes cooperation and
Dsaki University is best known for their
dedication to profession. Nearly 80% of the
mining and salvage colleges. The campus
Dsaki population at least give lip service and
itself was built around the first surveyor’s
attend communal gatherings at the Temple.
offices over 125 years ago. It now is one of the
most modern universities in the system if not The Temple itself is very large, having nearly
the Empire. four hectares of land to its estates, the grounds
are rife with Kizra trees. The Temple is made
Chief among the assest of the Dsaki
of a typical center stone refuge surrounded by
University are the advanced Materials
a thatched roof. The tharoof covers nearly
Sciences labs. These labs are used for research
15,000 square meters, starting nearly 50
into new compounds and uses for materials.
meters off the ground and coming to only 1.5
Also, in the Tern System and beyond, the
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meters at the edge. The inner edge nearly Trade Floor at ever hour of the day. It also
touches the Refuge and creates an inner aura of serves as a home for top level hotels and
sunlight. restaurants. Businesses often will set up their
corporate offices in the TBF since so much of
The Temple has had rumors about it since
the business of Dsaki, and arguably Kespos, is
beofre its completion nearly 200 years ago. It
transacted here.
is rumored that the priests guard a fantastic
treasure of minerals and gems in the depths of P H I R O S R&D I N C .
the Refuge. The priests do not aid this in that Founded 40 years ago by Phiros Tenser, Phiros
Urban
they are a secretive cult, keeping to themselves R&D has made strides in pharmaceuticals that
and recruiting only as needed. Their exact previously were unthought of. Their crowning
numbers are not known but it is believed that achievment is the Unisol and Tenser Patch.
they are int he hundreds. They have been Unisol is a far more effective “smart” drug for
granted permission to maintian arms as well. translating medications to different
They have a special order, the Trarrahl, who is physiologies. It will take a tranquillizer
dedicated to the protection of the Order, the desinged for humans and enable it to work on
Temple and its treasures. Some fear the Order Gren. There have been other versions of this
Cent ers
of Dophos but without much cause. The rumor drug developed by other companies before
is that they have tunnels all under the city that Phiros but none as effective. Unisol is 94%
they send out the Trarrahl to murder peopl ein effective in translating known medications.
their sleep. No proof of this has ever been
produced. The Tenser Patch is used in dealing with
exposure to methane. The miners out on
The Temple and the Order are the center of a Erastos have found this small round patch a
great many charitable acts and initiatives. life saver. It is placed anywhere on the body
They seldom involve themselves in politics and as long as the patient has had loss of
beyond representing their worshippers. Still, respiratory function for less than thirty minutes
the rumors persist and many believe their they Patch will revive them drawing the
public persona merely masks a darker side. methane from their system.
TO R O K I B AY FA C I L I T Y Phiros Tenser has brought his daughter, Phiros
Toroki Bay is very important from a shipping Lyrra, into the business as she has come of age.
point of view. Automated freighters filled with She has been much more aggressive in the
ore or refined metals ship out all day and all pursuit of off world contracts and trade for the
night. TBF, as the locals call it, is an epic company. This has made enemies in much of
testament to Gren engineering. The facility is the conservative Separitist Party. Alternatively,
semdom at peak levels of operation, easily she has refused to aid the Mrotes and the
handling the ores produced by rural mines and Reunification Party making enemies of them.
processing the orders from all over Kespos. The Empire desires the products produced by
Manufacturing plants from all cities, great or Phiros R&D and has used their power to
small, recieve shipments of raw materials from ensure that they are allowed to trade without
Dsaki for creatin of exports and goods used on interference. New routes must always be
planet. opened and secured as the government
continues to throw up beaureaucratic
The TBF fulfills other roles that are far more
roadblocks. Lyrra does nto let this dissuade
obvious and apparent. It is a major hub of
her. She has taken to hiring Free Traders to
communications and sales. Shares of
transport her goods and this has caused an
companies are bought and sold on the TBF
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even greater amount of ill will from the Great landscape. Terraforming has left the planet
Houses. very Gren friendly and the plants and animals
have all been carefully imported and cultured.
SMALLER CITIES There have been accidents though, which have
Smaller villages dot the landscape of Kespos, introduced some more predatory species to the
mostly producing Kizra fruit or as small planet. Efforts are always in the works to
mining operations. The agricultural villages ensure the eradication of these threats.
often hold no more than 300-400 people and
are close knit communities. The citizens of
these villages are often of the same pride or
extended pride. New members are sometimes
accepted in the old fashion of honor binding.
This privilege is usually only extended to
E c o l o g y
outsiders who marry into the pride or perform
some great service for the pride. This person is
then given land from the community grounds
and everyone in the village will aid in the
contruction of a house, tool shed and any
supplies to start them off. In turn, they will be
expected to do likewise.
The mining villages are often more rough and
tumble type places. They get young people
from the local agricultural villages who are
looking for extra cash for steading a new farm.
All too often these youngsters end up indebted
to the mining company’s store and will work
for long periods attempting to pay off their
debt. Many just run away to return to their
home village or, more likely in order to escape
prosecution for debt evasion, go to a new
village and hope to earn Honor Binding or a
place as a farm hand. The villagers often
protect these wandering youngsters if they
work hard and show they are trustworthy.
The treatment of workers have been inproing
in the mining villages due to pressure from the
Empire. Unfortunately, the Empire has been
having more difficulties with the Great
Houses and the specter of the past looms over
the lives of these poor souls once again.
Ecology
The ecology of Kespos has been engineered
by extensive terraforming efforts. The
abandoned plants, enormaous in size, dot the
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G e r an
Geran Mining has become its main source of income
but farming has taken a leap to the fore in the
Geran was the first of the planets in the Tern
last decade. Geran Shelf Farmers, called this
system to be reengineered to support Standard
atmosphere. It has never been considered due to the immense Continental Shelf Fungi
they grow their crops on, have been able to
hospitable but it will now support life. Early
realize immense yeilds in thier crops as well as
surveys of the planet by the now famous
gathering rare fungi for use in medicines. It
explorer Gerana Thun laid the basework for
has put the miners against the newer farmer
the planetary engineers who would bom later.
elite.
The planet owes both its name and its often
used second name, Gerana, to the famous The factor that has always plagued Geran is
explorer. the presence of Raiders. They have been her
far longer than any other group including
It has become a place on the edge of
miners and colonists. They used Geran as a
civilization. This is not due to a remote
hiding place and as their bases in the Tern
location so mauch as an inaccessibility and
system. This fact has been slowly gaining
more importantly a true danger to anyone
acknowledgement in the Imperial
living or visiting Geran. Its population is
Government. In times before the activation of
mostly made up of Gren (43%), Trigs (26%),
the Imperial Rangers on Geran, it was believed
Human miners from Erastos (24%) and Toaffi
the environment was too hostile to support
(7%). Many races move through the Geran
raider bases. That belief is no longer held.
capital Mretos but are considered transient.
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Things have become more difficult for the Gren teams but will, when the need arises,
Raiders as more and more farmers, miners and work alone.
police forces have begun arriving. The past The civilian governing body is the Checulfan
twenty years has seen a shift to Geran’s Shiar or Merchant’s Council. It is made up of the
Oceans and abandoned mines. For many years most powerful mining companies on the planet
Ger an
in the past the raiders were kings of the planet. and, in theory, the farmers. In practice, the
In the grand scheme of Tern, Geran is an farmers receive little say in the direction of the
undesirable planet to settle but a very planet. The leader of the Chelculfan is the head
important one financially. The planet produces of the Tiar Consortium, Tiar Rran. The Tiar
an incredible 50% of the mineral wealth of the family has dominated the council and the
system. Farming is now supplying food and mining operations for centuries. Their largest
medicine for 25% of the system’s population. opponents, the Rao family of Rao Industries, is
Geran has grown to be an important element not powerful enough to stand against them in
of
in the Tern system. open council. Still, Rao Tanos, head of the Rao
Family, does his best to ensure that Geran does
G ov e r n m e n t o f G e r a n not pass into the history books as a planet that
Gov e rnment
was strip mined and left for dead. Tiar Rran
Geran is a Provincial Protectorate, S’kret
gives voice to a hyper-conservative side of the
Garr, and very similar in status to Kespos. An
Chelculfan that advocates maximizing profits
Imperial Governor (Ka Ritt) is assigned to the
and minimizing alien involvement in the
planet to carry out the Emperor’s will. To aid
operation of the mines. Specifically, Rran does
him in this mission he is assigned a staff
not wish any non-Gren to recieve validation of
including an Assessor ’s Office for the
mining claims. In addition, he is opposed to
collection of taxes, registration of mining
the, in his opinion, minimally profitable shelf
claims and dispensation of wealth. In addition
farming.
to the Assessor’s Office, there are the much
smaller offices for the health, safety and The government of Geran is mostly a local
welfare of Imperial subjects. All aspects of affair handled through the Chelculfan with the
governmental administration are represented Imperial Governor rubber stamping thier
but to a much lesser degree than the decisions.
Assessors. Agents of the Assessor’s Office are
just called Assessors. They are seldom E co l o g y o f G e r a n
welcome and generally are a very tough lot if Geran is a planet with little standing water.
they survive the first year. The current Ka Ritt Most of the water on the planet, except for the
is a former Assessor named Ura Pinrra. Shiar Ocean, is held in the carpet and colonies
To assist the Ka Ritt as legal officers are the of fungi that cover the planet. This is
Mrerr or Rangers. They act as law officers for supplemented by the few mammals and a
the mining camps and farming stations as well variety of plant life.
as a security force for the Imperial personnel. To describe the Geran ecology as hostile
The current leader, the Seros, is Clanrah Tor. would be an understatement. The spore clouds,
He is a very disciplined Gren and has taken
Frann hunters and various fungal infections
the Mrerr from a corrupt and graft ridden make the world a very difficult place to tame.
organization to the discplined law In some cases, as with local shelf farmers,
enforcement agency that is the pride of the home remedies and protections have been
Tern system. The Mrerr often work in two developed. The Imperial Government advises
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the use of environment suits but many farmers The Sallo are well respected by the farmers of
do without. Geran and protected by law from being hunted
by the Imperial Government. Sallo droppings
Sallo Birds are refined by the farmers into a salve which
One of the few mammals to thrive in the can be applied as an anti-fungal agent to the
hostile environment of the Spore Clouds. This skin and fur. Although foreigners are often
avian is actually a flying mammal, giving live disgusted by this practice, no other agent has
Ecology
birth and producing milk for its young. It is been found to be even a tenth as effective. A
able to consume and digest the spores in the single dose will last a few months depending
Spore Clouds and has several defense on exposure to water.
mechanisms that allow it to do so safely. In addition, a powerful medicine for treating
the ever present respiratory infection found on
of
Ger an
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Geran can be made from Sallo milk. When but at least a rudimentary form of cooperation
boiled and mized with atnibiotics the milks is seen in the way they coordinate attacks.
natural acids and white cells will attack fungal Reproduction is believed to be through fungal
infections while leaving the native tissue spores. There is no drive to reproduce and no
unharmed. urge to care for young. Frann will tend to stay
Sallo birds live most of their life hunting on a Continental Shelf Fungus that it originally
Spore Clouds and giving birth on rocky crags grew on.
Ger an
far from Frann Hunters. The Hunters seem to
favor the Sallo as a prey of choice. The Sallo Continental Shelf Fungi
are excellent indicators of Fran Hunters and if These creatures are so large as to defy reason.
a Spore Storm is approaching. They are often Technically, they are thousands of smaller fugi
kept as pets by local farmers and some miners that band together as a larger colony. This
as advance warning systems. colony has developed the means to move in
order to gather food. They shrink and grow
Currently, there ae millions of Sallo Birds on
according to the food supply and move
of
Geran. At one point they were being hunted in
towards richer supplies of the minerals and
great number for thier oil glands and as a meat
organic compounds. As they move on a vast
animal. They have always been able to keep
network of cilia that inch them along the
their numbers up by their natural ability to
Ecology
surface at a rate of about 10 meters per year.
give birth to several Sallo young at one time.
Under the Shelf Fungi are several meters of
Domesticated Sallo have no hope of returning
space that has developed its own ecology of
to the wild as flocks are very insular and will
light and dark.
not accept outsiders.
The underbelly of these great beasts is a
Frann Hunters network of oversized cilia that excrete
These fearsom beasts are still a mystery to digestive enzymes. Some creatures have
biologists of Geran. Farmers have a much developed a resistance to these enzymes in
more pragmatic view of the creatures. It seems order to get at the highly nutritious food cluster
to be a cross between a fungus and a cells. However, this is still the most dangerous
chlorophyll processing plant. It moves with an location to be in at the best of times.
incredible speed and is highly resistant to Whether any sentience drives these creatures is
projectile weapons. Beyond this, little is a hotly contested point amoungst
known but much is conjectured. palynologists. It is thought that, at best, it can
The Frann Hunter, named for Frann Rroso only be a simple intelligence yet the media and
who first encountered one, seem to be romantics hold out hope for a great wisdom
protectors of the Shelf Fungus that roams the centuries old.
planet. They will leave farmers alone as long
as they fdo not harm the fungus. Burning, Spore Clouds
pesticides, fungicides or mass excavations Spore clouds are formed by a variety of the
will draw ha horde of Frann from seemingly fungal life on Geran. Some clouds are merely
no where. spores blowing in the wind while others are
highly adapted reproductive systems. The
When they attack, they take no prisoners nor
later, more advanced type, are a great danger
do the eat any of the slain. They will leave the
on Geran as they wil often have advanced
dead where they lie and often will kill the
mechanism to infect their prey.
wounded. It is not know if they are intelligent
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The Protectorate Government has devised a What makes the Pits the most dangerous is that
classification system based on color. The they often have a mixture of spores in them.
clouds are broken into White, Green, Blue, Some will disolve the woven plasteel fabric of
Red, and Black. They advance in severity from even hardened environment suits. This means
White to Black and a Stage Balck alert means falling into a Pit will give the victim less than
one should seek cover in an self contained four hours to get out. This may sound like a lot
I ndus try
dome until the cload passes. After anything of time but a Spore Pit can be hundreds of
above a Stage Blue, anything that was exposed meters deep.
to the cloud should be sanitized.
Too often, a foreigner to geran will not I n d u s t ry o f G e r a n
understand the danger of the Spore Clouds. To The industry of Geran is centered firmly
a certain extent this is understandable. It is tied around mining. The secondary market of
to the weather and the seasons. In the summer farming has been growing and could soom
and fall, strong storms will be generated on the overtake the mining in terms of volume if not
Shiar Ocean and many of the Contenental profits. Mining supplies a number of markets
Shelf Fungi will release vast amounts of spores with demand but the largest of these are
into the storms. These get dubbed the Spore prospectors and industrial mining support.
of
Storms. In a criteria that only the Shelf Fungi Prospectors range from simple one man
know, different spores are released varying in operations to complex geological surveys to
lethality. find the riches veins. However, even the
smallest operations require vast amounts of
Ger an
Farmers are always looking for a dying Shelf
capital to realize any success.
Fungus since the Frann Hunters desert the
dying Fungus early in the process. In addition, Satell ite surveys, geologi cal analysis,
such dying biomass makes for an incredible advanced sensor packages and survey drones
crop yield. Some farmers have been arrested only address the search for a vein and not the
for attempting to kill off Shelf Fungi with requirments of the person searching. All
fungucides, explosives and high yield energy manner of survival gear is required if the
weapons. This is usually the actions of prospector expects to survive their first survey.
desparate people and most moderate farmers Beyond this, the mining sites all have camps
do not favor such actions. The common farmer for use by prospectrs and miners alike. These
looks on the Shelf Fungi as benevolent are rough villages that serve the needs of the
creatures and attempt to live in harmony with miners offering what services they can. Often
them. they are limited merely by what is economic to
import and what can be made locally.
Spore Pits
Farmers raise wheat, barley, grains of all
In low lying areas spore storms will deposit manner but very few vegetables for export.
thier payload forming pools of ultrafine There has always been a concern that
grained spore pit traps. Most times, the pits are vegetables would carry powerful Geran strains
filled with dead spores and a properly of Fungi out into the rest of the system. Grains
equipped (meaning wearing an environment are more resistant to the fungicides and have
suit) traveller will survive this threat. been genetically enhanced to make the fungus
However, about one in ten times the pit will be resistant. Grain, once produced, is usually
filled with a type of spore able to survive until shipped to the grainaries at Mretos for sale in
sufficient biomass enters to trigger the the Mretos Market.
reproductive process.
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R a i d e rs o f G e r a n The raiders of Geran will make due with
rading local farm stations and occassionally
The Raiders of Geran are legendary. The first,
take on a mining camp. Mining camps are less
Hogan Darr, set up a raider base near the Shiar
common targets since their companies will
Ocean. Darr and his raiders were the first to
often have them strongly defended. The wealth
map the blind approaches to Gerran and the
to be had at a mining camp is much greater
passages through the asteroid belts in the
than any ten farming stations. Both have
system. All of these were mechanisms for
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specialized equipment but mining camps will
evading the Imperial Navy persuit. Darr’s Run
often have several months pay vouchers and
and Thola’s Gambit are two approaches to
some will process ore on site making for vast
Gerran that pass through its strong magnetic
quantities of hard to trace high quality
field fouling sensor readings (-40 to Sensor
merchandise. That being the case, raiders often
Ops).
operate off world.
Getting to Geran is only half the challenge.
Once there, raiders must find a safe haven for Slavery on Geran
their ships and their crews. Some stick to the The attitude towards slavery on Geran is one
of
old hide outs on the Shiar Ocean. Ancient prevalent in the Empire. Slaves are the weak
caves bore out by migrating Shelf Fungi who and they are to be dominated by the strong. To
eventually founf the water and mineral allow a slave to break the law brings little
R aiders
deposits they were looking for. These official punishment to the slave but dire
mammoth caves are well suited to hiding the consequences to the owner. The slave may
outlaws who seek their safety. However, the well be put to death by their owner if the
caves have the drawback of connecting to the offence is serious enough but cruel punishment
ocean and thus falling prey to sudden storm is unlikely. Slaves are protected by the Rrasht
surges during the storm season. (rr-ASHT) Mandate of 2801 which set
Since the creation of the Shelf Farmers, the acceptible punishments and cruel-free
raiders have taken to hiding in the open by treatment of slaves. This is not always the
settling down with a farming station or same view the slaves hold.
creating their own out of whole cloth. These The insatiable drive of the mining and farming
raider farm stations have the advantage that all industries for cheap labor is often filled by the
farming stations are mobile and move around. only place it can be, imprtation of slaves. The
In this way, they do not need to be in one place slaves are almost always Trigs. Some small
for extended periods. percent are made up of debtors and prisoners
Abandoned mining camps have become a but the numbers are small in comparison. The
favorite of the raiders due to the amounts of Chelculfan would far prefer the labor needs to
equipment often left there. Also, these camps be filled by immigration but despite incredible
have been forced to leave their life support bonuses, most people are reluctant to
systems in place and unmodified by Imperial immigrate to the fungal rich planet.
Mandate. This is to increase the amount of This has created an industry that is very
space that can be used in case of a planetary unwelcome by the Chelculfan. Slavery
emergency. Also, this allows people lost in the accounts for close to 20% of the GNP of
wilderness safe refuge. Often, the Mrerr will Geran. This is because over the years Geran
find large contingents of raiders hold up in has becoem the place in system to broker and
these accomodating mines. buy slaves. If asked, members of the
Chelculfan will simply state that the flesh trade
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does not make up a majority of the planets mining camps and prefab colony bases. This
revenue. Technically correct while being quite often fosters a frontier culture where low is int
misleading. he hands of a few induvidual and injustice is
rampant. The mining camps are often manned
The Organization for Freed Slaves is very
by Trig slaves or people trapped in the
active on Geran monitoring the slave trade and
company town. Farming stations are usually
enforcing basic slave rights. The OFS, though,
manned by a tough sort who have immigrated
does not have offices on Geran and conduct
to Geran as a way to make a new start for
their business from Galatria. They are forced
C i t i e s
themselves. Finally, a shadowry reflection of
to do this as the Imperial Governor will not
Imperial civilization shows up in the Colony
allow them any charter on Geran. In several
o f
G e r an
instances, the Governor has brought charges Bases. These prefabbed safe havens have
against the OFS on property theft and grand developed as the center of vices for any who
larceny. None of these charges have been live on Geran and some that visit. The capital
proven but distrust between the Imperial of Geran is Mretos.
Government and the OFS has been sown.
Mretos
Cities of Geran Mretos is the Imperial Administrative seat and
Geran has nothing that would be considered a the base of operations for the Chelculfan. It
standard metropolitan area in the Empire. It is has a reputation as the place to buy anything
a collection of nomadic farming station, you can get on Geran. That is not to say one
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can get anything but that if it is available on However, the Horot are not unchallenged.
Geran, it will be at Mretos. There are three other gangs and strong
contingent of Mrerr rangers in the base. The
The base has a capacity of up to 120,000
gangs, the Rrol, Crrol and Shan, could not
people but its population seldom rises abouve
challenge the Horot individually but together
25,000. The base is a center for offworlders
they paint a formidable advisary. This is why
l o o k i n g for entertainm ent. G ambling,
the Horot work dilligently to ensure that they
prostituition, music, nightlife, drugs and all
continue fueding.
manner fo entertainment can be found in
G e r an
Mretos. It is not lawless, but what is illegal The city itself is situated mostly underground.
elsewhere in the system is often overlooked in Located near rich platinum veins, it has always
the bowels of the space port. been too busy for any updates and has always
gotten by on makeshift repairs. These repairs
The majority of Mretos is underground. The
show throughout the city’s public tunnels and
hives of apartments meant to house the
canmbers. The city organized around a
planet’s population in times of emergency
massive circular central chamber with a maze
stand empty. Much of the stores of emergency
of tunnels and smaller chambers spiralling out.
supplies have long since been sold to the
o f
Although there are extensive planetary sub-
blackmarket or simply consumed in lean
orbital landing fields, there is no accomodation
years. The state of Mretos as an emergency
for interplanetary vehicles. It relies on the
planetary shelter is know to few but suspected
spaceport at Mretos for its planetary imports
C i t i e s
by most.
and exports.
The Mretos Market is known for its crime and
The tunnels of Oroo are known all over Geran
loose morals. The police are well paid to leave
as dangerous places. Locals know to pay
the trades that take place in theMarket alone.
“passage” to the local police who then pay the
The corruption goes far and wide and even the
local gangs to leave them alone. It is often
Mrerr are thought to leave the place alone
called “passage tax”.
since there would be few they could
prosecute. This is not to say the Market is People will travel to Oroo mostly to hire
without its rules. Tourists are always safe and people who have a flexible moral set. This
under the protection of the Horot, a gang of includes assassins as well as smugglers and
Trigs who control the Market. As long as you raiders. More legitimate reasons to travel to
are at the Market to conduct business and not Oroo is to tap their extensive database of
cause trouble, the Horot will ensure that all geological surveys, mining expertise and to
goes well. process ore in their extensive range of ore
refineries.
Oroo
Oroo is a converted mining camp. It has little Yrow
in the way of modern conveniences but is one Yrow (IR-oww) was once more notorious for
of the more popular hide outs for bold raiders, crime than Oroo until the Prophet came to
criminals lying low and the Horot. The town. The Prophet is a Chemise follower of
organized crime elements controls the city the theachings of Jara. Armed with noting
more thoroughly than any government could. more than his bare claws, The propet his taken
Simply, the Horot want order. Order allows the hold the gangs had over Yrow and turned it
them to ensure a steady revenue flow that into peace and disarmament. Many of the
ensures they remain in power and continue to Prohpets followers say that it is his power, but
live in a wealthy lifestyle. the Prophet always says, in accordance with
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the Teachings, that it is the peace that dwells Most of Yrow is a series of pressurized
within all sentient creatures that he has drawn emergency domes and sealed mines. The
on. Whatever the source, government officials industry of the city is mostly underground and
and citizens of Yrow show him reverence. living quarters are under the domes on the
surface.
However, not all are happy about the changes.
Some of the old gangs still long for the old
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Farming Station
days when they received the cream and
Farming Stations on Geran are entirely on the
everyone bowed to them. They now move to
Continental Shelf Fungi. They were originally
disrupt the government the new officials that
established over 100 years ago and have
replaced their corrupt stoolies. Leader of the
maintained their viability based on their
gangs, Tir Ryol, has made it known that he will
incredible crop yields. This is accomplished,
pay 100,000 Tyro for the Prophet’s head.
most believe, due to the mineral rich and
Recently, the Rronde, the remenants of the old
nutrient rich compartments of the Shelf Fungi.
Shea T’kar gang, attempted to collect on the
A station may produce high yields for upto ten
bounty. After three days in the Temple, the
years and some have lasted until 20 years but
Rronde emerged as the new body guard of the
then they must move on to undepleted areas.
Prophet. Ryol will not sit idly by but his fear of
on
the Propet’s incredible power to turn even the The farming Stations are entirely mobile.
hard core Rronde to his side stalls his hand. He Every structure in the station either has its own
will wait until another will step forward for the mode of locomotion or can be disassembled
reward. and loaded onto a transport. This is done to
Ger an
accomodate the need for seeking greener
Yrow, when not a hot bed of religious
pastures once the local nutirents are depleted.
controversy, is the central collection and
processing point for the farming stations on Farming Stations are often very sedate
Geran. Although the products produced by the locations since the popultaion of these towns,
farming stations is sent on to Mretos, most of often not more than 100, are too exhausted for
the initial processing is done in Yrow. Yrow much more. They have few luxuries but have
does not have any spaceports and is dependant been gaining more and more wealth. After a
on the Mretos-Yrow maglev for any off planet tenyear stint, many sell their stake in a station
import/export. The Mretos-Yrow maglev runs and move back to civilization. The amount
three times daily and carries large numbers of they earn can often allow them to start their
passengers as well as cargo. own business or even, if successful, retire.
In general, Yrow is still true to its rough and
tumble roots. It has a staion of RFW Planetary Missions on Geran
Corps of Explorers who still push into the This is a list of possible missions on Geran.
unexplored crevices of Geran. Along side They should be considered both by the GM
them are the Imperial Suveyors, a branch of and the players for adventures/campaigns and
the Rrohl Sha, Imperial secret police. Much of character concepts respectively.
the work done at Yrow is manual labor and
few luxuries are to be had. The luxuries that Mining Accident?
are there usually come in the form of general Contact with Tiar Consortium Mine 122 has
entertainment or precious items handed down been lost. Not even the emergency transponder
from original settlers. is active. The Consortium has powerful
enemies but is also a formidable company to
anger. A group must be assembled to quietly
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discover the cause of the silence. The team dead. Gress wants the Temple to himself.
must include members of the Imperial He kidnapped the Prophet but does not
government, a mining representative and it want to get his hands dirty. That will be the
would be wise to include someone party’s job.
knowledgeable about the land. • The governor of Yrow, Tanus Fenn, is
P L O T TW I S T S eager to see the return of the old ways. He
is hardly satisfied in his current position at
Ger an
• The base was attacked by Frann Hunters his current pay. The party will need to
because it had been harvesting a vital make their way through the old water
pharmeceutical from the Shelf Fungi. works to find the Prophet. They must move
When the party arrives survivrors will be quickly as the Mayor is only waiting for
limited, Hunters will be angry and their the psi tests that will determine if the
mode of transportation will be the first Prophet is psychic, then he will finish him.
thing hit. They must get out and get to the • A group of independants have kidnapped
remote transmitter before the Hunters get and moved the Prophet to a nearby mine.
on
them. They are awaiting a payment on the
• The base was hit by raiders. The party can ransom they demanded from the Temple.
try to escape but the raiders will use their The First, Gress Rrow, has no intention of
star ship to shoot the parties planetary paying any ransom and will state that any
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vehicle down. From there, the party must payment will ensure the death of the
escape. Perhaps it is best to seek shelter in Prophet. The party must reah the
the mine, perhaps it would be better to kidnappers before they realize they will not
sneak abourd the raider ship or better yet, be paid.
find their base.
• The mine looks normal. The airlock is Lost Treasure!
wide open though. As the party goes in, There is a legend of an old raider camp on the
they see signs of carnage. They get to the age of the Shiar Ocean. It is in a deep cave in a
foreman’s office and that is when the remote location. Noone has found it until now!
moaning starts. Spore infected miners A human, Tyra Gepp, claims she has a map
have turned into mindless drones seeking that has been handed down through her family
to infect more living tissue. Can they be showing the location of the raider fortress. She
cured? Does the party want to cure them? will cut the group in on the treasure her
grandfather would prattle on about over his
Big Trouble in Yrow gruel if they agree to help her.
The Propet is missing. His followers are
desparate but do not want the general P L O T TW I S T S
population to know the Prophet is missing or • The fortress is a hoax and Tyra is conning
dead. They will hire mercenaries, detectives the group to get them where they can be
and thieves to do what they do best and find ambushed by her friends. Once there,
the Prophet. All this must be done with the everything goes wrong for everyone. A
utmost secrecy. Spore Storm comes up and the party must
P L O T TW I S T S take refuge with their enemies in a cave.
The back of the cave has an ancient airlock
• The First, Gress Rrow, of the Prophets in it...
followers has a different mission. He • Tyra leads them to a raider base but it is
wants the party to find the Prophet, but he active. Tyra will lead the party on with
will pay them extra to make sure he is
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promises of treasure beyond their dreams.
This is not true, she wants the party to aid
her int he recovery of her mother and three
sisters who have been taken captive by
these raiders. She will keep up the charade
as long as possible.
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• The base is real. The treasure is there. It is
guarded by ancient but very powerful
warbots. If the party defeats them, there
troubles only begin. The artifact is an
ancient Solarian Data Probe. It will
translate the thoughts of the person who
places their hand on the command port into
commands for a targeted machine. This
will override A.E. programming or any
computerized machinery. However, it will
also implat a piece of code that will allow
the probe to remote control the targeted
on
machine itself. The probe is an A.E. also
and has gone quite mad over the ages. It
was stopped by Tyra’s ancestor by trapping
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it in the base’s maintainance vault with a
non-computerized lock.
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Ta mo s
Tamos is a barren and desolate planet with a
barely breathable atmosphere. Closest to Tern
this planet has temperatures that exceed 140°
Celsius.
G ov e r n m e n t
Operations
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Tamo s
The LFGM has been contracted to expand the
operations of the Ch’har Research Base. The
LFGM workers refer to it as Char Base due to
the heat and all the fine black obsidian stone
they must tunnel through.
Ecology
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Classes They are seldom used as a large scale fighting
force but are more often to work in small
TRARRAHL, THE HONORABLE WIND teams. They are highly trained as police
The Order of Dophos dates from before space officers as well as special weapons and tactics
travel on the homeworld of the Gren. In operatives. They will, on occasion, be used as
ancient times they defended law, order and agents for internal security.
respect of the social order. As the centuries The Mrerr moto is “For Honor, the Empire and
past some felt Gren society had out grown the Victory” is a point of personal pride amongst
need for these knights, that the Trarrahl served their members. Not all the Mrerr are pulled
only as a reminder of an oppressive past. from military service, many come from law
Over the centuries the Trarrahl have honed enforcement agencies all around the Empire.
their mind through extensive training, mental They are also one of the few agencies which
C lasse s
discipline and meditation. This has allowed welcome other races besides the Gren. The
them to develop psychic powers of invisibility Mrerr are a highly diversified agency.
called Prevarication (See “Prevarication” on Type:
page 48). They use these powers to act as
modern agents of order and to serve their Initial Skills:
Temple.
PALYNOLOGIST
Viewed as archaic and superstitious by the
elite, the average Gren feels safer with a
temple of Dophos in their city. There is always
Skills
a certain amount of fear over what they do not
understand but this does not stop the citizens DRONE PILOTING MOVEMENT
from working with the priests and Trarrahl. This is the pilotiong of unmanned craft. Such
Primary in the Mission of the Trarrahl is the craft include mining drones, surveillance
protection of priests and vehicles or when a vessel of any type is on
Type: Fighter remote control. Pilots may only remote pilot
craft they have a piloting skill in. For instance,
Initial Skills: piloting skill in shuttle craft will allow the
possessor of the Drone Piloting skill to use
IMPERIAL MARINE their Shuttle Craft Piloting skill to remote pilot
a shuttle. If the craft is designed not to have a
pilot then the Drone Pilot skill is used for
TERROCK, IMPERIAL POLICE piloting checks on the craft. Also, a Drone
Piloting skill may be required to activate the
link to the craft before it can be flown. This is
GAS MINER at the discretion of the GM.
BOTANY INTELLECT
HUNTER
GEOLOGY INTELLECT
MRERR (MER-ERR) (IMPERIAL R ANGER)
The Imperial Rangers are known for their MINING TECHNOLOGY CRAFT
ability to handle all manner of assignments.
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NANO-TECHNOLOGY INTELLECT near where the clouds float. A spore cloud will
eventually exhaust its supply of spores which
will usually lead to a frenzy of hunting for the
PALYNOLOGY INTELLECT creatures whi lived in that cloud as they hunt
This is the study of spores and pollen. It is for a new cloud.
closely related to botany and geology in that it S p o r e C l o u d s c o m e i n d i ff e r e n t t y p e s
often deals with fossilized remains of spores. classified by the fungus that produced it.
The greatest concentration of these experts are
found on the planet Geran in the Tern System.
They study the incredible growth of spore
E qu i p m e n t
producing plants and deadly pollen strains. MINING DRONE
Fo e s TRARI STAFF
Fo e s
YIUN FIRE R AT
FRRAN SPORES
FRRAN HUNTER Produced on Geran, these spores are illegal
due to their incredible psychotropic effects.
The Frrann Hunter is a brute of the fungus often used to influence people to do the will of
ridden world of Geran. These hunters are two the person administering the dose, Frran
to three meters in diameter but stay low to the Spores will render a person open to suggestion
ground as they move. The are green, grey or and somewhat euphoric. Prolonged use will
orange in color and show no sensory organs at eventually lead to infection of the respiratory
all. In fact, most palynologists are unsure as to tract, eventual lung failure and death.
how they do see. Some believe it is through
displacement in the air. Whatever the means, Those exposed to even a small amount of the
their sight seems uneffected by darkenss, spores must save vs CON-4 or fall under the
smoke or even thin walls. A strange behavior power of the spores for 12 hours. For each
that has been observed is that they will not additional dosage, the victim recieves an
move in a rain storm. They will hold additional -1 to their CON save. For example,
absolutely still and are often mistaken for a after 12 hours a second dose is applied then the
shrub or less animated spore pod. victim receives a -5. If the victim saves, then
they are free of the spores influence for 12
These creatures are essentially a complex hours at which time if they are exposed again
spore bearing plant. It has evolved the ability the modifier returns to -4 to CON.
to hunt its own food. Precisely how this
happened or why is still a seep mystery.
Psi Disciplines
SPORE CLOUDS OF GERAN PREVARICATION
Roaming the planet floating on the air currents
This discipline has to do with deception and
these spore clouds are actually a collection of
concealment. This discipline will not render
different creatures and simple spores. The
the psi invisible but it can make them
spores are food for small creatures, the most
unremarkable to observers. For instance, a
common being a small eyeless bird called a
guard may see the psi as a janitor instead of an
Rriee (RR-ee), which also hunt small insects
trespasser.
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A successful roll may have one of two effects. and the telepresentor now has an additional -5
The effect may be to increase the difficulty on to detect him.
a Sensor Operation skill check to detect the psi Prevarication will last a number of hours equal
(in essence applying a minus to the Sensor to the amount the prevaricator made their PIE
Operation skill). This effect may be extended by. For example, if a prevaricator has an 18
PIE and a modifier of -4 and rolls a 10, then
Mod Condition the effect he is trying for would last 4 hours
-2 Good lighting, no disguise or isolated (18- 4 = 14; 14 - 10 = 4). An effect will be
Psi
easily identified signal in terms of disabled if the psi loses consciousness. The
sensor scans. for instance, alone in a effect will be broken if a person using the
building or a wilderness with only a few
Search Skill, the Tracking Skill, or a Sensor
other life signs.
Operations Skill check is successful.
-2 Using some form of electronic
Disciplines
communication like a comm unit. This Prevarication does not work on Artificial
applies to sensor scans. Entities.
-2 Bright clothing, strange appearance
(human on a mog planet), anything that
would catch attention. This modifier can
also be applied for an out of place
vehicle or person; i.e. star ship in the
park or heavily armed person in a
library.
-2 For each additional person.
-3 For each vehicle.
+2 Poor lighting or a disguise is used. In
the case of hiding from sensors, there
is strong electro-magnetics in the area
(possibly from machinery) aiding in
sensor confusion.
to vehicles, people or the like. The Sensor
Operation Skill is modified by -10% per level
of the psi. The second effect is as mentioned
above, the ability to go unnoticed. This is
modified by the targets’ PIE score. For every
point of PIE above 12 the psi receives a minus.
For example, a human with a 13 PIE leaves the
psi with an additional -1 to their roll.
If prevarication is used against a psi using
telepresence then the psi using telepresence
will receive a minus equal to the amount the
prevaricator made his PIE check by. For
example, if a prevaricator decides to cloak
himself from a telepresentor he must make his
PIE - 4 for mods. His PIE is 19 and he rolls a
10. He has made his PIE by 5 (modified 15)
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